Sam Bernhardt is the Pennsylvania Director and Northeast Political Manager at Food & Water Watch. He manages Food & Water Watch campaigns on food and water issues around Pennsylvania. His work in Pennsylvania centers around empowering communities to fight by training and organizing groups to hold their elected officials accountable. The team of organizers Sam manages focuses on fighting fracking and fracking infrastructure through locally-focused strategies.

Sam also manages Food & Water Action’s political work in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. In this role, Sam works on using elections as a tactic to advance our campaigns and provides consultation to staff on the ground.

Personal interests include: Philly vegan cheesesteaks, New York pizza and Spongebob Squarepants. He can be reached at sbernhardt(at)fwwatch.org.